diff --git a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/EmitC/IR/EmitC.td b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/EmitC/IR/EmitC.td
index 3f290f68b85dc8..ab71bb680e1509 100644
--- a/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/EmitC/IR/EmitC.td
+++ b/mlir/include/mlir/Dialect/EmitC/IR/EmitC.td
@@ -85,7 +85,11 @@ def EmitC_TranslationUnitOp : EmitC_Op<"tu",
   let regions = (region SizedRegion<1>:$bodyRegion);
 
   let assemblyFormat = "$id attr-dict-with-keyword $bodyRegion";
+  let builders = [OpBuilder<(ins CArg<"StringRef">:$id)>];
   let extraClassDeclaration = [{
+    /// Construct a module from the given location with an optional name.
+    static TranslationUnitOp create(Location loc, StringRef name);
+
     //===------------------------------------------------------------------===//
     // OpAsmOpInterface Methods
     //===------------------------------------------------------------------===//
@@ -96,6 +100,10 @@ def EmitC_TranslationUnitOp : EmitC_Op<"tu",
       return "emitc";
     }
   }];
+
+  // We need to ensure that the body region has a block;
+  // the auto-generated builders do not guarantee that.
+  let skipDefaultBuilders = 1;
 }
 
 def EmitC_AddOp : EmitC_BinaryOp<"add", [CExpression]> {
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/EmitC/IR/EmitC.cpp b/mlir/lib/Dialect/EmitC/IR/EmitC.cpp
index ee44f524c91428..c2fb835c2ebc34 100644
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/EmitC/IR/EmitC.cpp
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/EmitC/IR/EmitC.cpp
@@ -1251,6 +1251,16 @@ GetGlobalOp::verifySymbolUses(SymbolTableCollection &symbolTable) {
   return success();
 }
 
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+// TranslationUnitOp
+//===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
+void TranslationUnitOp::build(OpBuilder &builder, OperationState &state,
+                              StringRef id) {
+  state.addRegion()->emplaceBlock();
+  state.attributes.push_back(
+      builder.getNamedAttr("id", builder.getStringAttr(id)));
+}
+
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//
 // TableGen'd op method definitions
 //===----------------------------------------------------------------------===//